Music Sheet (One Shot Series #2)

(Listen to any piano instrumental habang binabasa niyo para mas feel☺)

Mama?

Papa?

Nasan na po kayo?

TAMA NA PO YAN!

UMILAG KA MAMA!

W      A        G !!!

I jolted up from my bed.

That nightmare again.

It was 5:00 AM.

The sky was painted with shades of blue, red and violet.

The cold morning breeze slammed against my face forcing it to wake-up.

I decided to get up and start my day early.
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I sat in front of our dark brown upright piano.

Numerous ideas running through my head as I start writing down the chords I just tapped from its black and white keys.

Paki hinaan naman kuya.

Natutulog pa ako e.

It's Maria.

Kapatid ko sa ama.

Ayoko nga.

Gumising ka na dyan male-late ka nanaman niyan sa work mo.

She answered me with a childish frown.

Yes, kuya

Said she in an irritated voice
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How can music affect a child's progress?

Sabihin mo nga Mr. Jansen?

Anong kinalaman ng music sa understanding?

Just accept the fact na hindi effective ang music program mo.

Hindi ko talaga alam kung bakit ang init palagi ng ulo saakin ni Ms. Mich a.k.a. Binibini. Around 25 years of age, ma-appeal, matalino pero palaging mainit ang ulo.

Ms. Mich, I've explained my program to you for like a million times already. You can't seem to understand my point.

It has been scientifically proven that music enhances a child's ability to read, write and UNDERSTAND.

Being able to read notes enhances a child's comprehension level and thus they learn quicker than an average student who don't do music.

Excuse me. I have to go. I'll just leave my documents for you to have a glance on my report.

Thank you so much for your time, Ms. Mich.

I said using the most unirritated voice I can pull off.

Did I mention na siya ang department head ko?
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A good three months have passed since that confrontation. We have understood each other.

Maybe we have understood each other way over than what I expected.

After I performed my harana, I asked her if she could be my girlfriend.

Her answer was an unbelievable YES!

The most irritable, masungit and hindi malalapitang head ay naging girlfriend ko.

Thanks to music, I became the boyfriend of the most beautiful, brave and intelligent girl I have ever met.

We have been on for a month now.

Our careers are on full bloom back then

We are excelling on our own ways until...

She was diagnosed with brain cancer stage 3.

My plans were doomed.

My heart was broken, crushed even.

I have loved her since the day I met her.

Maybe that became my reason as to not get mad to her.

The moments we shared...

Every tear, every smile that she imprinted in my heart.

I will never forget you my dear Michiko.
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She will never depart my mind and my heart.

I will always love thee.

I will always love my Michiko.

I said during her burial.

I still can't accept the fact that the only girl I have loved, besides my sister, left me forever.

As the crowd slowly diminish, I isolated my self and sat beside her tomb stone.

Mist started to form at the sides of my eyes.

The tears that I have been keeping are now making their way out of my heart. Escape from grief, from reality.
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March 10, 2008

Three years since she died.

I would almost always visit her everyday.

Today I decided to wear a long blue sleeved polo shirt.

I played her my songs...

Like what we used to do.

When...

She was still alive.

I replayed in my mind our memories together...

I said my prayers and bid my love goodbye.

I went back home and saw my sister Maria who is...

Smiling?

I went out of my car revealing a bundle of roses for my dear sister.

Her smile widened as she saw her favorite flower in my hands.

I kissed her cheeks then saw her glance again to the same direction.

Her eyes saddened in the sight of a man walking ayaw from us.

Sino siya, Maria?

Si Eman, kuya.

I thought for a second.

Manliligaw mo?

She answered with a nod.

Ano pang hinihintay mo? Pasko?

Puntahan mo na siya at baka hindi mo na makita yan ulit.

Her eyes brightened up. She almost ran towards him but I said she must keep her composure as a woman.

I hope they would end up in a longer relationship than the one I had.

Sana hindi matulad sa isang maikling pangungusap ang kanilang magiging relasyon. Sana hindi ito matulad sa isang episode ng teleserye na magtatapos matapos ng happy ending.
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6 years have passed since magpakasal silang dalawa.

They now have a 5 year old daughter named Astrid.

Today is her birthday.

March 10, 2020